Vulgar words in The Spinner's Book of Fiction (Page 1)
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damn!_ when I come out by the ford there is Filon Geraud.
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It's from that English cuss, Courtney.
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"This old man, he is damn crazy," he said in English to the square-browed man.
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He was settin' back with me, behind the pianner, an' we both tries to holt on to her an' keep her stiddy, but we cain't do much more'n set down an' cuss haff the time, we're so afeard we'll git throwed out.
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'Cry, cuss, swear--anything, but don't be so solemn-like.
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The initial lines ran: "'Oh, damn everything!' exclaimed Percival Holcombe, as he dropped languidly into a deep-seated leather chair by the club window which commanded a view of the noisy street crowded with fashion and frivolity, wherein the afternoon's sun, freed from its enthralling mists, which all day long had jealously obscured his beams, was gloating o'er the panels of the carriages of noblemen who were returning from race-track and park, and the towhead of the little sweeper who plied his humble trade which earned his scanty supper that he ate miles away from that gay quarter wherein Percival Holcombe, who----" Rosella paused for sheer breath.
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That editor was a _pukkah_ ass!
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I couldn't help thinking what an infernal ass I'd made of myself."